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The whirlwind of activity in Catherine of Siena’s life flowed from a grounded spiritual center. She couldn’t have addressed and resolved so many conflicts had she not been clear within.

Usually when we are seeking, it is because there is something that we lack: car keys, schoolbooks, a bicycle pump, a phone number. And yet the psalm suggests that when we seek the Lord, we find there is nothing that ...

Television commercials and social media ads bombard us with ideas that make us feel inferior and ugly. But we are not ugly

Simplicity brings clarity and joy, freeing us from the burdens of excess.

They say laughter is the best medicine, but we know gratitude is healing too. Propose to keep your eyes open to God’s gifts today, and let gratitude swell your heart.

In episode 4 of Franciscan Media’s Off the Page podcast, Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, discusses her book, The Humility of God: A Franciscan Perspective and the practical implications for a theology rooted in God’s humility.